The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians

Table of contents

• The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians *
• Title Page *
• Acknowledgments vii
• Contents ix
• The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians *
• Introduction 1
• Part I - The Tradition of Paternalism *
• Chapter 1 - The Idea of Paternalism 9
• Chapter 2 - Paternalism Made Popular 28
• Chapter 3 - The Practice of Paternalism 44
• Part II - The Vision of a Laissez-Faire Society *
• Chapter 4 - The Triumph of Political Economy 75
• Chapter 5 - The Impact of Political Economy 92
• Chapter 6 - Sacred Property and Divine Providence 113
• Chapter 7 - Self-Reliance 139
• Chapter 8 - Voluntarism 183
• Part III - Basic Attitudes *
• Chapter 9 - Philanthropy 229
• Chapter 10 - Humanitarianism 258
• Chapter 11 - The Sources of Humanitarianism 296
• Chapter 12 - Vested, Class, and Self-Interest 332
• Part IV - The Role of Government *
• Chapter 13 - Government a Vast Evil 375
• Chapter 14 - The Inexorable Growth of Government 396
• Chapter 15 - The Idea of a Paternal Government 414
• Chapter 16 - The Idea of a Utilitarian State 433
• Conclusion 457
• Appendix - M.P.'s of Religious and Rationalist Outlook 469
• Notes 471
• Index 547

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